http://www.moviesforguys.com Movie reviews from the perspective of the typical guy. Fri, 02 May 2008 03:41:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Iron Man is a movie that follows the transition of billionaire playboy Tony Stark (Downy Jr), to the righteous hand of God, in the form of a flying suit of armor that kicks ass. Now I realize that me dumbing down the overall plot of the movie may seem like ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/iron-man/ There's a movie in theaters right now about a bunch of old farts who get on stage and sing Rolling Stones songs. That movie is called SHINE A LIGHT, directed by Martin Scorcese, and actually features The Rolling Stones. This is not that movie. YOUNG AT HEART ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/young-at-heart/ Thomas McCarthy wrote and directed this film (He's also an actor on THE WIRE). He also did the excellent 2004 movie THE STATION AGENT, and this is a somewhat similar theme of alienated strangers coming together. Richard Jenkins, a character actor whom you've probably seen in a lot of ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-visitor/ The original Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle is one of those guilty pleasure movies. It's the modern day stoner flick. While watching it you know it's stupid, and you can almost feel your IQ points dropping by the minute. But at the same time ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/harold-and-kumar-escape-from-guantanamo-bay/ I knew Highlander, sir, and you're no Highlander! Ah, how the mighty have fallen. In 1986 there was a movie called HIGHLANDER starring Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod. It involved guys who were "Immortals", existing down the centuries, who could only be killed by decapitation. If ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/highlander-the-source/ This 1973 film by director Robert Aldrich (THE DIRTY DOZEN, and the original THE LONGEST YARD) is one strange movie. Finally released on DVD in 2006, it was originally titled EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE, but apparently changed because people were mistaking it for a Christmas movie. ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/emperor-of-the-north/ George Clooney directed this comedy about 1920s football. It's also a homage to 1930s screwball comedy, with George Clooney and Renee Zellweger doing a Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn imitation. Clooney plays Dodge, a professional in the not-very-respected game of football, who's getting a little too old for this stuff. ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/leatherheads/ Mel Gibson's APOCALYPO came out in 2006, but after seeing the 2008 movie 10,000 B.C. it's impossible not to compare the two. Both involve members of a primitive tribe being kidnapped and enslaved by a more advanced, pyramid-building culture, escapes, long pursuits across savage landscapes. But APOCALYPTO is the real deal. Set in ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/apocalypto/ This is the first movie directed by David Schwimmer from FRIENDS. Simon Pegg (SHAWN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ, and Scotty in the upcoming STAR TREK movie) plays Dennis, a runaway groom in London who left his pregnant bride at the altar (The truly scrumptious Thandie Newton). Five ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/run-fatboy-run/ DOOMSDAY is exactly what you'd expect from the previews. It starts out 28 DAYS LATER/28 WEEKS LATER, and ends up ROAD WARRIOR. Director Neil Marshall (THE DESCENT, DOG SOLDIERS) apparently likes a lot of the same movies from the 1980s that ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/doomsday/ Caveboy meets cavegirl. Caveboy loses cavegirl. Caveboy journeys across prehistoric landscape filled with hungry monsters to get cavegirl back. They don't live in caves, but you get the idea. Roland Emmerich (INDEPENDENCE DAY) directed this epic. If you've seen THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, you know scientific accuracy isn't ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/10000-bc/ This is U2's first concert film since the 1988 RATTLE AND HUM. It was filmed in 2006 during their Vertigo Tour, in Mexico and South America. The film has 14 songs. It requires 3-D glasses. There's also an IMAX version. I'm giving this 5 stars, and I'm ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/u2-3d/ This is an animated series from the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It's a spoof of the 1960s animated series JONNY QUEST, but it spoofs a lot of superhero comics, boys action-adventure series, etc. The Venture Brothers are Hank and Dean Venture. Their dad, Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, is a super-scientist. They live ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-venture-bros-seasons-one-and-two/ This movie is set in an impoverished neighborhood where two chuckleheads (Jack Black and Mos Def) work in a video store. The store can't afford to upgrade to DVD, so the stock is still VHS. Jack Black becomes magnetized and accidentally erases every tape ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/be-kind-rewind/ The Zombie Apocalypse will be video-captured! George Romero, king of the zombie movie, has made five zombie movies now: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), DAY OF THE DEAD (1985), LAND OF THE DEAD (2005), and now DIARY OF THE DEAD. They're all in ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/diary-of-the-dead/ If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Maybe invisibility. I'd like to be a Human Babel Fish; able to communicate in all languages. In JUMPER, the superpower is teleportation. David (Hayden Christensen) discovers in high school he can *BAMF*, like that blue guy in ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/jumper/ Or its full title: Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights from Hollywood to the Heartland. Directed by Ari Sandel, this is a concert tour film with Vince Vaughn, and four up-and-coming comedians: Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, and Sebastian Maniscalco. Stand-up ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/vince-vaughns-wild-west-comedy-show/ The Adventures of Ford Fairlane was supposed to be the big breakthrough film for one of the hottest comics of the 1980's, Andrew Dice Clay. It was supposed to do for him what 48 Hours did for Eddie Murphy. However, the "Dice Man" was quite polarizing and ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-adventures-of-ford-fairlane/ Aqua Teen Hunger Force (or ATHF, for short) is one of those shows that I watched faithfully for the first couple of seasons but then lost track of. Thanks to the convenient use of DVDs, however, I've been able to catch up over time and, once again, a new ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/aqua-teen-hunger-force-vol-5/ The Superbowl is over, the seemingly endless chatter from the Monday morning quarterbacks has ended, so it's time to give away a movie! We've added in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 5 so if you're a fan, jump right on that. Otherwise the rest of the library is available for you ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/free-movie-monday-2408/ This weeks selection is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Of the ten Trek movies, Khan is at the top of my list without question. Several of the others were quite good, but none match the fun factor of Khan. FYI, we don't particularly follow our "no spoilers" rule on ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/classic-wednesday-continues/ From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee. - Khan All but the hardest core Star Trek fans were very disappointed with the first Star Trek movie, a movie with a decent story but the pacing of a glacier. Condense it down ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/ As guys, our macho armor always has a chink in it somewhere. For some guys it might be something as small as an appreciation for minivans or a love for a good vegetarian salad. For others, might be something as huge and inexcusable as knitting or scrapbooking hobbies. ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/secrets-of-egypts-lost-queen/ I realize that this is the same title as last weeks Free Movie Monday, but that's because I'd gone through a time warp last week and was actually giving something away in the the future, which is now our present.. or something like that. In any case, it's time to give ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/free-movie-monday-for-12808-2/ King of California was a refreshing movie to watch, a movie with a solid (if simple) story and some fine acting. Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) is 16 years old and has been living on her own for the past two years while her father Charlie (Michael Douglas) has been in a ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/king-of-california/ Kiss.. talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk Kiss... talk talk talk talk talk talk talk SEX (without seeing a damn thing) talk talk talk talk talk talk Credits. Sex and Breakfast is a good example of the marketing tease, it would have been even better had the movie ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/sex-and-breakfast/ The Game Plan is a Disney family comedy starring former professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Those three ingredients generally make us vomit when mixed together. When we think of words like Disney, family comedy and The Rock being mixed together we have flash backs ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-game-plan/ Sylvester Stallone is bringing John Rambo out of retirement for one more movie. This time it's simply called Rambo, and it's the fourth movie in the series. Sly co-wrote and directed this installment. When we catch up with Rambo he is still in Thailand just kind ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/rambo/ Bond 22 has a real name, Quantum of Solace. Mmmm… yeah. Locations for the new flick have been released as well with filming in Austria, Italy and South America (I guess the person who wrote up the release things South America is just one country…) In an interesting move, this movie follows ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/james-bond-%e2%80%9cquantum-of-solace%e2%80%9d/ In our continuing efforts to bring you more and better stuff, we proudly introduce "Classic Wednesday," where we take a classic Guy Movie from yesteryear and give our modern take on it. This weeks pick is the mega-blockbuster war movie, Patton. If you've never seen it, you'll want ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/classic-wednesday-is-here/